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Follow A perfect gift idea just in time for Mother’s day, this style of gallery wall uses portrait style photos of your loved ones. Using this tutorial you will learn how to crop your digital family photos to then arrange … Read More →

A perfect gift idea just in time for Mother's day, this style of gallery wall uses portrait style photos of your loved ones. Using this tutorial you will learn how to crop your digital family photos to then arrange as a diptych or triptych. The possibilities are endless and it's really up to you to decide how many cropped sections you would like to create from one image.
Learn how to create your own in just a few simple steps by following the tutorial here.
For more DIY projects like this, ideas and inspiration, check out our section for Design Help & Inspiration here.
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Follow Learn how to hang level artwork perfectly with this Easy Tip* Now you can hang level artwork yourself! Visit our Design Help & Inspiration section for more DIY tricks like this and inspiring design direct from our talented staff!

Learn how to hang level artwork perfectly with this Easy Tip*
Now you can hang level artwork yourself! Visit our Design Help & Inspiration section for more DIY tricks like this and inspiring design direct from our talented staff!

Follow Below is one of my favorite styles of gallery wall arrangements- showing off framed souvenirs paired with framed fine art. I would say that the style around my home is colorful and eclectic, to say the very least. Pair that … Read More →

Below is one of my favorite styles of gallery wall arrangements- showing off framed souvenirs paired with framed fine art.
I would say that the style around my home is colorful and eclectic, to say the very least. Pair that with an obsession for all forms of Art and imagery; from black and white photographic prints, vintage botanicals scans to more contemporary mixed media pieces and I’m left with dense gallery walls that I always find inspiring. Some may say (my fiancé) that this “everything goes” way of styling is crazy. I say, if you love to surround yourself with an abundance of beautiful art, hang it and apologize to no one!
Since my tiny bathroom walls were sorely neglected in comparison to the rest of my house, this got me thinking that I could use mirror as my print material to create a tiny wall of art for my bathroom that would be functional, eclectic and unified. This realization blew my mind for a few reasons; to start the mirror reflections actually made my bathroom feel larger and now it exhibits work from some of my favorite local artists while simultaneously offering five new functional mirrors to choose from when primping, instead of one. Complete satisfaction.
I found that the key to getting what you want out of mirror is to understand that there are two very different styles that can be achieved when printing on mirror, which are completely determined by the white values in your image. If you think about it, when an image is printed on a white paper, the white areas of that image have little to no ink, revealing more of the natural white of the paper. Now apply that same logic to an image printed on mirror and try to imagine which areas will reveal raw mirror and which will be inked.
One style is more dreamy and frosted with very little visibility through the image. The other style shows the image clearly defined from the mirror, making it possible to see reflections through the image in certain areas.
To check exactly where those reflective areas are and to make double sure that your image will print out exactly how you've envisioned, you can check to see where your true white values are in your image by using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop or using Pixlr (an amazing free online photo editor). A perfect white value will give you a hexadecimal color code of #FFFFFF.
If you would like even more information about Art on Mirror, watch the video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ViP4wsaho&list=SPKMUrphQ1ugmk4hbvGJT6ijMT2VE6rV3r&index=6
For information about the other offered materials watch our Our Unique Materials playlist.

Follow We’re always honored to have the opportunity to work with LifeWorks, an awe-inspiring organization that provides counseling, housing and support services to at-risk youth and families in the Austin area. Through the LifeWorks Supportive Housing program, former foster children, … Read More →

We're always honored to have the opportunity to work with LifeWorks, an awe-inspiring organization that provides counseling, housing and support services to at-risk youth and families in the Austin area.
Through the LifeWorks Supportive Housing program, former foster children, formerly homeless kids, and teen parents are provided with a safe place to live while they get back on their feet. Last week, more than 300 corporate and community volunteers came together to participate in LifeWorks' annual Home Improvement Challenge, and teams of volunteers worked with local designers to transform these living spaces into fully furnished and decorated homes—in a one-day race against the clock.
We can't think of any group of people who deserve beautiful, inspiring spaces more than the kids and families LifeWorks supports. We were thrilled to play a role in this year's Home Improvement Challenge: our photographer, Candice, shot photos of each LifeWorks client family, and each of them received a surprise family portrait in their newly transformed apartment. On top of that, our amazing CEO, Joseph Garcia, and his wife spent the day working on an apartment makeover (Joseph is on the LifeWorks board).

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Recently, Extreme Makeover Home Edition was in our neck of the woods, literally! In Season 9-Episode 14, the Extreme Team makes their way deep into The Lost Pines forest of Smithville, Texas. No longer than two months ago the most … Read More →

Follow It’s hard to visualize what your artwork will look like after mounted in a frame when ordering online. Each frame is unique, so the overall dimensions will change when given a frame. While customizing, you will see that Gallery Direct … Read More →

It's hard to visualize what your artwork will look like after mounted in a frame when ordering online. Each frame is unique, so the overall dimensions will change when given a frame. While customizing, you will see that Gallery Direct developed a final dimensions calculator to determine these changes for you. Watch the video below to learn how to measure for your inner and outer dimensions step by step!
Enjoy! -Candice

Follow When we started our trials, making “fine art on birchwood,” we just couldn’t believe how indistinguishable the artwork’s look was from that of an original. For this reason, of the rigid substrates Gallery Direct offers [aluminum, mirror, acrylic], birchwood is … Read More →

When we started our trials, making “fine art on birchwood,” we just couldn’t believe how indistinguishable the artwork’s look was from that of an original. For this reason, of the rigid substrates Gallery Direct offers [aluminum, mirror, acrylic], birchwood is our new favorite.
Recently, an interior designer-client asked me to describe the look and specifications of fine art on birchwood. I visited our production floor to inquire and was surprised to find out the material is the same birchwood sheet, bought at a Home Depot. I love that simplicity. In fact, all of our trial runs were created with birchwood sheets, purchased at the Home Depot down the street.
We created a video to show off this new medium. We think it turned out great. We're very happy with the work Candice is producing in the little studio we carved out for her at the back of our facility.

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Joie Tamkin is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Gallery Direct. She grew up in San Diego and loves living in Austin, Texas. She enjoys running the trails of Austin, home decorating and has an obsession with all things digital, especially social media.